then what made you "honestly believe" that you are an atheist? dont say "i just had it in me" coz what you are right now is what you experience your whole life. then you made your conclusion (choice) to be an atheist. choice choice all the way. people make choices mostly on what fits them. what...
"you either have it or you dont" then who put "it" in you at the 1st place? dont tell me you dont have a choice. coming from an atheist, i find it rather strange. :confused:
yes it is brainwashing but i am talking about choice. we choose what we want. just as being an atheist is a choice for you. no body forced you to be one. just like sexual orientation. nobody is forced to be homosexual or non-homosexual. one chooses to be homosexual or non-homosexual.
Gnostics (is that how you call people of Gnostic belief?) claim that Gnosticism is not a religion
if the definition of Gnostic is experiential KNOWLEDGE of Truth / God,
then i guess Jesus is a Gnostic. coz he did experienced the truth.
its funny how you bring that card trick as your example. that is exactly what i believe. someone or something (in your example its the magician) must've pulled the right DNA sequence card.
it doesnt matter to me actually what the Evos and the Creos think. i think we are better of doing...
Nanda...
its not being brainwashed
it choosing to brainwash yourself
both are different.
the main idea is you got to "choose". LOL its funny but thats just how it is. and you know something, following your instinct is also a choice coz you have a choice either to follow your instinct or you mind.
reading from this thread, i cant help myself by visualising the difference between a revelation and gnosis as the difference between a prophet (Nabi) and a messenger (Rasool).
lets asume that both revelation and gnosis are "messages" from god. a revelation comes down to a "messenger" with the...
well since it is said that the Bible was given through Jesus i assume that it is in his language at that time. the OT and the rest of the monotheism has basically the same concept of god. the NT's concept of god is totally different so i wont argue with you on that.
that is exactly what...
Panda,
of course we have a choice. google "Neuro-Linguistic Programming" and you will know what i mean. you can choose who you wanna love. infact you can make yourself believe that you can walk on fire and you wont get burn. it is proven in many NLP experts courses. search "Anthony Robins" while...
i'd like to place my opinion on people who claims homosexuality (among men) is not a choice. we cant deny the fact that there are people born with more female hormones and stuff. but most homosexual men are more masculine than i am. they are practically a furballs (not frubals LOL). i think...
i've heard your interview. and i would say its interesting. but i noticed that you quote mostly in the bible.
1) you said that you have looked everywhere for the truth. i'd like to know your views on the Quran. since you said there is no bible in its original form which is aramaic (if i'm not...
Definitions of graven on the Web:
cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations"
engraved: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwnGraven is, simply put, something fashioned by man, or something...
i am suprised when i read this post. i think this forum is suppose to be a challenge between MURDOCSVAN verses the creationist (if i may call them). but it turned out to be battle between Evos and Creos (not an offical acronym ... i just like the sound of it)
i am not as smart as most of the...